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[Aquillion]

I think it would be useful to have a few more nobles who provide more general 'overall fortress reports', accessible through one of the menus, that contain a few bits of information useful to players in keeping their fortress running smoothly.  For instance, these reports could contain:

* Rankings on the top sources of unhappiness in the fortress.
* Stats on the jobs that have taken up the most dwarf-hours of work.
* An estimation of the dwarf-hours spent eating, drinking, sleeping, etc.
* An estimation of the dwarf-hours spent walking to and from jobs.
* Stats which jobs have spent the most time waiting for a dwarf to start them.
* A description of how much food was eaten and produced in the past few months, with net change (this perhaps belongs in the stocks screen.  Actually, net change over the past season could be helpful everything in the stocks screen.)
* Rankings on the top sources of overall fortress value, by item type.

If anyone can think of anything else that it would be useful to know, go ahead and list it.  The 'top source of unhappiness' and the estimations of where your dwarf-hours are going seem like the most important to me...  it's often very hard to determine those things right now, and knowing them is pretty important to keeping your fortress productive and happy.  I can't imagine it would be that hard to collect the information automatically and have a noble report it, either.

[Lightman]

I don't know about more nobles, but I'd simply like to have a "Health Status" screen that would show you the dwarves' basic physical and mental condition:
eg:

code:

Dwarf Name         Content         Wounded Resting
Dwarf Name         Happy           Healthy
Dwarf Name         Ecstatic        Healthy
Dwarf Name         Happy           Healthy Thirsty
Dwarf Name         Content         Healthy
Dwarf Name         Miserable       Wounded Dehydrated Hungry

This could be provided by the expedition leader, if we need to give someone a job to compile this info.

[ November 23, 2007: Message edited by: Lightman ]

[Red Jackard]

Yes, that would be helpful.

[Lightman]

Maybe it could be a simple as a "Health" tab under the status menu when you press 'z'... As a suggestion of where we'd find this information.

[ November 23, 2007: Message edited by: Lightman ]

[Leerok the Lacerta]

Perhaps this job could be given to a Dwarven Psychologist, who can be consulted in his/her office by unhappy dwarves and cheered up slightly based on the social skills.

Or perhaps the Intrafortress Morale Manager?

[Red Jackard]

:roll:

[Angela Christine]

quote:Originally posted by Leerok the Lacerta:
<STRONG>Perhaps this job could be given to a Dwarven Psychologist, who can be consulted in his/her office by unhappy dwarves and cheered up slightly based on the social skills.

Or perhaps the Intrafortress Morale Manager?</STRONG>

A chaplain might be more thematic, though that would probably have to wait for religion to be introduced.

[Armok]

Seconded!!!

[Tormy]

Seconded also.

[Retales]

quote:Originally posted by Angela Christine:
<STRONG>

A chaplain might be more thematic, though that would probably have to wait for religion to be introduced.</STRONG>

Redeem them with sword and FIRE!
<_<
>_>

After seeing how cool it is that nobles have to actually work, I'm all for having a few more of them

[Metal Chao]

quote:Originally posted by Armok:
<STRONG>Seconded!!!</STRONG>

You're only saying that because you're their God.

[Armok]

Metal Chao cancels heresy; interrupted by lightning bolt.